4mos

Ian, buddy you are growing and changing like crazy. At your 4mos check up you weighed in at 15lbs 9oz which puts you in the 75th percentile and you were 26in long which puts in the 95th percentile with a head circumference of 16.5in. Here's what you've been up the past month.



-you have toys, yes you have discovered that you have toys that you can grab, hold and shake.


-when we lay you down for either a nap or bedtime we always put a crocheted blanket over your feet and you like to kick your feet up which moves the blanket up so you grab it and drape it over yourselve, we always pull it back down though.


-you survived you're 2nd road trip over all it was much smoother than your 1st trip although sleeping through the night does make a huge difference and we only stayed for 1 night instead of 2.

-your swing has been replaced by the exersaucer. Right now you have no idea how much fun can be had on this thing. Later I'm sure I will be searching for a screwdriver to remove the batteries so the thing can't make any noise but for now you randomly hit buttons and sounds come out.


-on 4/18 you slept for 10hrs, might have helped that I took you on a 6 mile run with me that day. Since then you constantly sleep for 9hrs.

-speaking of sleeping you migrate in your sleep ending down and over from where you were laid the night before. I take full responsibility for this trait your PaPa Jim and Grammie always had one heck of time finding me in my bed come morning.

You turned yourself 180 degrees:


-you currently show no interest in rolling over and Dr C said that is normal for boys and we have to keep reminding ourselves that you were 3.5wks early so it may take you time to grow interest in this activity.

-you are such a good boy you very rarely cry except for when we have to use the nose sucker outer thingy (you hate it and how is it that such a little nose can produce such big boogers) or if we are a few mins. late getting your bottle around.

-a typical day with you goes as follows: wake @6, eat, play, sleep, wake @10, eat, play, sleep, wake @2 eat, play, sleep only for a little bit then you eat @6 and stay up till your bath @7 then you play some more, we lay you down around 8 whether your wide awake or dozing off and then you eat again usually in your sleep around 10.

-you've been eating 8oz every 4hrs so the dr said we can start cereal with you.

Yeah, you weren't so much a fan but we are practicing everyday on the concept of using a spoon. You'll get the hang of it soon.

You are simply amazing we are so lucky to be your parents!

Love you Buddy
Momma